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Ernie's family needs help. Their property protected with fidelius.

I can't get there. or do the spell at this point Is there someone in the castle who can go with him to the family home in Scotland and cast it?

One of those damnable letters arrived at their shop. They grabbed what stock they could and ran.

He's blaming himself for helping us. We'll look like we've fallen off the broom if we don't help those who've helped us.

I’m alive. I’m fine. I left voluntarily due to fears about my safety. My whole family didn’t know, until today.

We flew round and round talking about what we wanted for the future. Years ago I chose to follow Harry and take action to make the future better than the fear we all live in. You tried to hide rather than help Harry spy in Buckingham. I understood then, but you can see how well that worked out for the other ‘great’ families that tried to toe the party line and keep themselves safe. Malfoy, Selwyn, Fleet, Greengrass, Wood among so many others. The first sign of “disloyalty” even false accusations and it all burned around them. It’s time to take action. In the ‘Protectorate’ your options are, in Voldemort’s own words, submit or die. I know you and your family have too much pride to submit totally and utterly. Raise your wands in defense of you and yours.

If this is goodbye, it’s because I’m flying in to protect others. I’ve made that sacrifice before. Twice when I thought it was going to be my last act in this life. If it all burns, Pheonixes are reborn from the ashes.

I've met with Tyche Jenkins and Heph Bobolis a couple of times this summer since talking about recruitment. Sadly at this time, Tyche is undraftable. She seems to have completely and uncritically accepted the Protectorate's policies. I get the feeling she just wants to follow along and not make waves. Unless things change I don't think she could be moved to actively support (or for that matter oppose) a revolution.

Heph is more complicated. He's nervous about the future (but what NEWT student isn't?), isn't sure his family can protect him anymore (because of the Challenge) and sort of just angry about life. He doesn't have a focus for his upset or know what he wants to have happen. In particular he's very unhappy about the Council Challenge where he had to denounce his uncle Seyton Urquhart for his serial philandering. I got him drunk. Well we both got pissed he was just more pissed than me. He's gotten the cold shoulder from extended family over the summer and there's talk of a stakeholder revolt at the Wanderers to toss him out because of the sorts of women Heph implied he was interested in. I'm not sure if we should try to recruit him now or not. His ties to his family have been so tight and given their positions in the realm I don't know which way he'd choose to fly. Protect his family's position or work to make things better and hope that his family will find it's way in the new order? I just really don't know. Unless things change he certainly wouldn't actively oppose change, but I'm not confident that he's ready to work with the likes of "the Traitors Sirius Black and the Longbottoms"

Is there something I could talk to him about doing that wouldn't involve him in full blown treason, but might pave the way for future action?

I am once again licensed for Apparition. It's not as smooth as it used to be. I won't side-along anyone outside of most dire need. I'm a bit wobbly afterwards. It won't be my first choice of travelling unless I'm in a big hurry.

The gala is getting underway! Everything looks smashing. It is a wonderfully fantastic landscape, many of the prizes are floating around the hall in little golden cages with descriptive cards hanging below.

Pansy, your dress looks smashing, but I'm sure you'll be hard to catch. I on the other hand will be the world's slowest snitch and am totally catchable, but only for every other dance as half my card is full of Cedric and the Benches.